Sister Cities

The moon is hanging low, over the central station I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places The Andes hold me close A mothers only son I feel weightless in the valley Like I'm everywhere at once I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment Rusted swing set in the courtyard, like the one that I was born in I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always "run" I wanna turn the scene I wanna call it off I wanna lighten the dark I wanna swallow the sun I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home I was just mangy skin and bone You took me into your home Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities We're sister cities